Fokker Dreidecker DR1.

Dreidecker is the german word for triplane. This plane was extremely maneuverable and agile in the air. Richthofen called it 'machine gubs on wings'. A feared adversary in the 'air to air' combat
in the first World War.

It was introduced in July 1917 and in early 1918 it was already 'obsolete' compared to more powerfull and agile aircraft like the Fokker D VII.

Manfred von Richthofen: 02/05/1892 - 21/04/1918 (26 years)

Manfred von Richthofen was an aristrocat and his title was really Freiherr von Richthofen, but there was no translation as such in the english language and he was
called: Baron, which is very similar. Hunting was one of his pations, once he was a good pilot, his hunting instincts took over when he was in his plane.

He painted his plain red so his enemies could see him from the distance and be afraid of him because he was an ace when he started to fly in the Albatros and then the
Fokker Dreidecker DR1 which was so agile in the air that he called hit 'machine guns on wings'. But also his fellow pilots could identify him easily in his red plane.